“The future is coming.” Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting trio – Ian, Liam & Megs – for our 293rd episode as we pop our claws, don our leather suits, and revisit the film that redefined the superhero genre for the new millennium: X-Men (2000). Kev and Georgia? They’re cage fighting in Northern Alberta—because of course they are.
This week we discuss:
- Ian and Liam get into a dust-up about what constitutes a gang—whose side are you on?
- What's with all the wavering accents in this film?
- How on earth did Magneto know that Rogue had her powers when Rogue, Wolverine, and even Professor X didn’t?
- Ian delights in the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo by a Canadian Prime Minister (true patriot love).
- We reflect on Auschwitz as a tourist destination and Ian shares a story about a fashion faux pas that might have landed him on the wrong tour.
- Was Anna Paquin actually the biggest star attached to the film at the time of its release?
- You won’t guess what Bryan Singer banned from the set—and no, it wasn’t claws.
- Our favourite ghostwriter pops up once again—this time with a surprising link to X-Men.
- Alternate casting choices: the Wolverine that makes us laugh out loud, and a Professor X that would’ve been a disaster… but we still want to see it, even if the studio told him to “beat it” (not like that).
- How do superheroes actually get their names? That’s the class we wanted to see at Xavier’s.
- What exactly are the rules of Mystique’s powers again—and why is Toad weirdly overpowered?
- Which character has the worst trash talk despite having the perfect set-up? (Spoiler: lightning shouldn’t strike twice.)
- We talk about meeting up with two Friends of the Podcast this week and drinking pints no matter the occasion.
- One cast member opens up about a wardrobe malfunction that made mutant fashion even harder to pull off.
- And finally, whether X-Men (2000) is the Best Film Ever—or just the first stepping stone on the path to superhero dominance.
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